June 20, 2024 – 05:38
Louisiana became the first U.S. state to mandate display of the Ten Commandments in all public school classrooms up to college, he wrote BBC.
The Republican-backed measure, signed by Gov. Jeff Landry on Wednesday, describes wills as “essential documents of the state and government.”
This law is expected to be attacked by civil groups, some of which believe that publishing the Ten Commandments contradicts the principle of separation of church and state in the US Constitution.
The law, which was passed on Wednesday, requires that the holy text appear on the label “in large, easy-to-read font.”
By 2025, the posters must be displayed in all state-supported classrooms — but the state does not subsidize the posters itself.
Similar bills have recently been introduced in other Republican-led states, including Texas, Oklahoma and Utah.
Placing the Ten Commandments in public buildings, including schools, courts, and police stations, has caused numerous legal disputes in the past. In 1980, the US Supreme Court overturned a similar law in Kentucky requiring the document to be displayed in elementary and middle schools.
